• AA5B@lemmy.world
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    18 hours ago

    Thank you for interrupting our discussion of zebras where everything is striped black or white, by reminding us they’re striped light gray and dark gray

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      18 hours ago

      you wanted to know why people use them and “PFFF THATS AN EDGE CASE” do you feel this way about all disadvantaged groups or just the disabled?

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        18 hours ago

        it’s literally the edge case, and insignificant to the actual point being made. you excused like a few thousand uses of the straw, maybe. don’t excuse the thousands of metric tons thrown out every year

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            15 hours ago

            what are you talking about?

            the equivalent use in your example would be the fire department getting an alarm for every building in the world multiple times a day being ok, because they might show up right when a fire breaks out!

            again, you are justifying thousands of pounds of land waste for the very few who might need to use a straw due to some medical issue.

            it would be better to not use straws, and just have them purchasable by those who need them for medical reasons.